ISRAEL: The Lavon Affair

The tiny Republic of Israel was rocked last
week by the most sensational political row in its twelve-year history.
But Israelis themselves could not be sure what the row was aboutor
even which side was winning, because the army, on orders from Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion himself, was censoring all reports about it.
Day after day newspapers appeared with great chunks of white space
where censors applied scissors. Officers were identified in print only
by the initials of their last names. But no one could conceal the fact
that a deadly power struggle had been joined, with Ben-Gurion, 74,...